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w~thin Trenches ; As to the opinion that
Carvajal
conceived of his People, thac
they were difcontemed and would leave their Colours with che firíl: occaGon chat
prefented ; it wasbelieved that he would be as much rniftaken in his imagination
concerning
Lope de M endof_a
as he had oft-tirnes been of
DiegoCenteno:
for on the
concrary
Mendofa
boldly fallied forth to meet
Carvajal,
who alfo rnarched againíl:
himwith bis Squadrons drawn forth in form of Battel; and fo foon as he percei-
yed that
Lope de M endor¡a
had abandoned the Fortification, he then made, as
if
he
,
intended direétly to give him Battel, but his deGgn was onely to entice them ot1t •
of the Fort, which when he had dane, and faw chem in open Field, he rnade light
of all che refi; and [eeing their confidence and boldnefs, he drew near
to
thern,
as rhey alfo did
to
him ; but when they were wirhin i\:fuskét íhot,
Cirvajal
drew
off in good order and entred into the Village, which
M endofa
was not able to hin~
der; for the Enemy was double .their number, and their Musketiers expert, and
well exercifed :
fo
that now their quarters were changed, for
Car~ajal
was entred
into the Forcification, and
Lope de M endot;a
rernained in the open Field.
Carvajal'
s
Souldiers had now time to plunder che Village where the Enemy had left their
Ríches ; and where, beGd~s their Clothes and Garments, they took fifty thoufand
pieces of Eight in Bars ofSilver, which
Lop.e de Mendor¡_a,
when
firíl:
he defcended
from the Moumains, had caufed
to
be brought from feveral parts, where he and
DiegoCenteno
had hid chern, when chey fled frorn
Francifcode Carvajal :
with this
money he intended to have paíd the Souldiers, but they were
fo
génerous that
very fewor none would accept thereof; that
fo
for the future, when they íhould
come to receive the reward of their fervices and fufferings for their foyalty
to
the ·
King, they rnight then have to alledge, that they had received no pay nor fubfi–
fl:ence from bis Majefiy, but had ferved him at their own charge, coíl: and ha;
zard ; as they accordingly rnade known afierwa'rds in their petitions. And this
becarne a cornrnon cufiorne among the Souldiers, not onely of chofe ( who were
called of che InvaGon) but ofother noble and brave Souldiers of
Peru,
who fcor;
ned
to
receive any pay, and were angry ~hen it was offered, fianding much up;
on che honour of ferving without prefent intereít, but:onely in hopes and expeéta–
tion of a future reward : bue if the neceffities of aoy particular perfon were
fo
great as
to
enforce him
to
receive fubfifience money, he would not accept it by
way of pay, but as money lent, giving his obligar¡on
to
repay it again to his Ma–
jefiy's Exchequer, when they were enabled
fo
ta
doe; which
1
engagement they
performed with much punél:uality; ftanding greatly on the honour of a Souldier's
prorni[e.
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CH A P.
XXXVIII.
The Adventures of
Francifco de Carvajal,
he overcomes
and
/Jlls
Lope de Mendo~a,
anrl enters into the
Charcas.
.
.
W
Hilfi the Souldiers of
Carvajal
were di[perfed ahd _plundering the Villagé,
it
[eems
as if
Lope de M endor¡a
had loíl: an oppor.q.mity and the right time
of falling upqn his Enemies; but
Mmdor¡a
apprehended that
Carvajal
was
fo
vi–
gilant as
to
leave him no fuch advantage ; which indeed fo appeared accordingly,
for no fooner did
Carvajal
obferve his men to be di[perfed, but he imrnediately
founded an alarm, with which his rnen immediately repaired
to
cheir Colours,
and rernained ali night drawn up in .pofiure ofBattel. And now
to
deceive the
Enemy, he feigned a Letter frorn one of his Souldiers, which
he
delivered
to
be
carriedby an
Indian,
who [pake very good
Spanifh,
infiruél:ing him whac
ro
fay
tO
gain a belief: in that Letter he was advi[ed to fall in upon
Carvajal
that nighc,
and·ro charge him in two feveral places, and that he would then find many that
would revolt over to his Gde, for rnoft were di[contented; the which divers
would have done ch€
qay
before, bue that they fi~ared the íhot in their paífage
over qnco him,
,
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thus -